Detroit Mercy Law Print Journal

Articles

Protecting Religious Speech as Expressive Conduct in the Constitutions of Australia, United States and India
     By Arvind P. Bhanu, Paul T. Babie, and Gina-Luca Sterling

Schoolhouse Rock! Rules: Orthodoxies and Unorthodox in Congressional Procedure
     By John Cannon

CAAF, by the Numbers: An Empirical Study of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
     By Captain Nino C. Monea

Ending The Shell Game: Devising Strategies To Confront Insurer Evasion Of Behavioral Health Parity Regulations
     By Nicholas A. Prys

In What Furnace Was Thy Brain? Redefining Ethics, Cognition, and Tort Duty For Medical Artificial Intelligence
     By Christos D. Strubakos

Tools For Improving Distribution, Discussion, and Downloads: An Informed Approach to Submitting Legal Scholarship to SSRN
     By Jessica Lynn Wherry

Articles

Exercise of the Chancellor’s Foot Veto by Executive Officials: Categorical Nonenforcement and the Duty to Take Care That the Law Is Faithfully Executed
      By Timothy Baughman

Stranded on the Shoulder: American Tort Law Is Unprepared to Protect Individuals from Cyberattacks on Fully Autonomous Vehicles
      By Cassidy Capoferri

The Next Viral Challenge: Using Smart Contracts to Increase Influencers’ Attribution Rates
      By Vikram Mandelia

Hartian Positivism and Dworkinian Interpretivism: Two Approaches to the Relationship Between Judicial Review and Democracy
      By Jordan L. Perkins

Environmental Justice and Public Company Disclosures: Mandatory Reporting for Polluting Facilities Located in Minority and Low-Income Communities
      By Matthew Snyder

William Rotch and Second Amendment History
      By Dru Stevenson

Articles

Can a Light Bulb Turn on in the Mind of a Computer? – A Primer to the Issue of Whether AI Computers are Capable of Conception
      By Austin Miller

Trends in Arbitration: Direct Benefits Estoppel Diminishes Class Relief Eligibility
      By Chase Yarber

Directed Questions: A Non-Socratic Dialogue About Non-Socratic Teaching
      By Kris Franklin & Rory Bahhadur

Systemic Injustice: The Need for Diaster and Pandemic Preparedness Legislation
      By Christine E. Cerniglia

Articles

White Hair Only: Why the Concept of Immutability Must Be Expanded to Address Hair Discrimination Against Black Women in the Workplace.
     By Aaron Roberson 

A Prescription for Restructuring Antitrust Analysis for Hospital Mergers
     By Christian Ieraci

The Confused Fourth Amendment 
     By David Crump

Serving Those Who Served: The Need for a Federal Statutory Expungement and Sealing Scheme 
     By James Naughton

Articles

Grandmother Law
     By Julia Belian

Vicarious Liability For Systemic Risks of Sexual Violence In the United States: Not A Modest Proposal
     By Jennifer A. Brobst

Is the Devil In the Details? Religious Objections To Biometric Technology In the Workplace
     By John G. Browning

"Only To Have A Say In the Way He Dies": Bodily Autonomy and Methods of Execution
     By Alexandra L. Klein

How Personal Beliefs and Identity Affect Bodily Autonomy Attitudes
     By. Abigail A. Matthews & Rebecca J. Kreitzer

Articles

To Express One Thing Is to Include Whatever the Sentencing Commission Wants: Whether Inchoate Crimes Can Constitute Controlled Substance Offenses Under the Career Offender Guideline. 
     By Peter J. Lochbiler 

Recognizing Property Rights in Biometric Data Under the Right of Publicity 
     By Wendy Xu 

Physician-Assisted Death and the Advancement of Biomedical Ethics in Michigan 
     By Marta Mazur

Increasing Access to Expungements: Expungement Statutes Are Intended for the Greater Good. But Are They Working?   
     By Katherine Ganick 

Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act, Non-Disclosure, and Negligence: Why is the Ninth Circuit Correct? 
     By Joseph Kuzmiak

Articles

Opportunity Hoarding, the Equal Protection Clause, and Judicial Review in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality by Any Means Necessary (BAMN) 
     By Todd B. Adams 

Fixing Atwater: Modifying the Fourth Amendment’s “Reasonableness” Analysis to Track State Law
     By Jessica Trujillo   

Changing the Game: George Floyd, Athlete Protest, and the Counterspeech Doctrine 
     By Don Corbett 

Promoting Expedited Progress: The Case for Federal Sexual Assault Kit Tracking Software 
     By Emily Hessenthaler 

Articles

Adding a Layer of Injustice: Amplified Racial Disparities in Reproductive Health Care in the Wake of COVID-19 
     By Brittany L. Raposa 

A Civil Rights Act for Public Health           
     By Maya K. Watson 

The Disposable “Essential” Workers of Covid-19: How Low-Wage, Workers of Color Sustain the American Economy           
     By Evelyn Rangel-Medina 

Forgotten on the Frontlines: The Plight of Direct Care Workers During Covid-19            
     By John D. Blum

Articles

MOVING CLOSER TO PAY PARITY BY REQUIRING WAGE TRANSPARENCY 
A Private Sector National Standard
     By Bridget Underhill  

Tandem Driving and Fourth Amendment Justifications            
     By Rebecca El Badaoui 

United States v. Johnson: The Supreme Court’s Promise to Provide Relief to Unconstitutionally Sentenced Prisoners Falls Flat 
     By Shannon Brown 

Take-It-or-Leave-It: The Protection of Patients and Their Biospecimen            
     By Cheryl Mitchell   

The Tax Web of Unredeemed Gambling Chips
     By Khadijah McFadden 

Articles

An Australian ‘Bill of Rights’            
     By Paul T Babie 

Appellate Decision Making in Michigan: Preservation, Party Presentation, and the Duty to “Say What the Law Is”
     By Timothy A. Baughman 

Adjudication in the Culture Wars: A Novel Perspective From Natural Law Theory 
     By Kenny Chng 

Please Allow Myself to Pardon . . . Myself: The Constitutionality of a Presidential Self-Pardon 
     By Michael Conklin 

Don’t Have A Cow, Flanders: Guidance For The European Court of Justice As It Considers The Flemish Parliament’s Ban On Ritual Slaughter 
     By Jeremy A. Rovinsk

Articles

Human Rights Guidance for Environmental Justice Attorneys 
     By Lauren E. Bartlett 

Sea Level Rise Planning For Socially Vulnerable Communities: A More Equitable Approach to Federal Buyout Programs 
     By Travis Brandon 

Tax Policy, Structured Settlements and Factoring: Making Exploitation Easy and Profitable 
     By Karen Czapanskiy

A Scaffolding Approach to Environmental Justice 
     By Jayesh Patel and Steph Tai 

Critical Questions in Environmental Law 
     By Wyatt G. Sassman 

The Flint Water Crisis, Drinking Water Regulations and Gaps in Lead, Copper, and Legionella Protections.  
     By Nicholas J. Schroeck

Articles

Sanctuary, Temporary Protected Status, and Catholic Social Teaching
     By Kristina M. Campbell

Detained Without Due Process: When Does it End?
     By Elizabeth Knowles

From Liberal States’ Rights Litigation to Liberal States’ Rights Discourse: A Study of State Oppositional Strategies to the ACA and Federal Immigration Laws 
     By Illaria Di Gioia

A Chameleon in The Courts – The Fallacy of “Intra-Circuit Acquiescence” in Temporary Protected Status Jurisprudence: Time for Uniformity to Address the Plight of Disaster-Induced Displacement for Migrant Groups in the United States. 
     By Glenys P. Spence, J.D. LL.M.

Introduction to the Symposium on Sanctuary Cities: A Brief Review of the Legal Landscape    
     By Andrew F. Moore

Articles

A Multi-layered Approach to Strengthening Michigan’s School System and Reducing Expulsion Rates
     by Kaitlyn Mardeusz

The “Muslim Ban” and the Constitutional Crisis
     by Ryan M. Mardini

Redefining the Reasonable Person in Police Encounters: The Impact of the Mainstream News Media’s Portrayal of Modern Police Conduct
     by Taurus Myhand

The Invisible Hands of Structural Racism in Housing: Our Hands, Our Responsibility
     by Palma Joy Strand

Quo Warranto: The Structure and Strength of a Common Law Antitrust Remedy
     by Benjamin Woodring

The Good Faith Doctrine: A Positive Duty to Disclose Would Protect the Reasonable Expectations of Parties During Contract Performance
     By Matthew Tapia

Articles

Rethinking the Future of Civil Asset Forfeiture in Michigan: The Impact of an Evidentiary Standard
     By Meghan Berkery

Reforming Michigan’s Third Grade Reading Law
     By Jessica Finegan

Fostering Second Amendment Rights: An Evaluation of Foster Parents’ Right to Bear Arms
     By Sean Murphy

Character: The Unacknowledged Element in Shifting the Burden of Proof in a Will Contest
     By Elizabeth Siefker

A Secret in the Suburbs: The First Federal Criminalization of Female Genital Mutilation
     By Michelle Shember

Russia and the United States: The Terrorist Extradition Supplement
     By Danil Vishniakov

Articles (Fall 2017)

Contemporary Teaching Strategies: Effectively Engaging Millennials Across the Curriculum
      By Renee Nicole Allen & Alicia R. Jackson

Embodied Legal Education: Incorporating Another Part of Bloom’s Taxonomy
      By Susan P. Liemer

Planning Your Class to Take Advantage of Highly Effective Learning Techniques
      By James McGrath

Coordinating Formative Assessment Across the Curriculum: A View from the Associate Dean’s Desk
      By Sandra L. Simpson

Articles (Winter 2017)

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie: Increasing Assessments and Individualized Feedback in Law School Classes
      By Karen McDonald Henning & Julia Belian

Creating Desirable Difficulties: Strategies for Reshaping Teaching and Learning in the Law School Classroom
      By Elizabeth M. Bloom

Unrealized Potential: How Shifting the Focus to Student Learning Outcomes Could Reduce Law Student Distress
      By Abigail Loftus DeBlasis & Elizabeth Adamo Usman

The Assessment Mandates in the ABA Accreditation Standards and Their Impact on Individual Academic Freedom Rights
     By Victoria L. VanZandt

Articles (Spring 2018)

Using a Case-Progression Approach to Mapping Learning Outcomes and Developing Assessments
     By Jeanette Buttrey, Laura Dannebohm, Vickie Eggers, Joni Larson, Mable Martin-Scott & Kimberly E. O’Leary

The Rubric Meets the Road in Law Schools: Program Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes as a Fundamental Way for Law Schools to Improve and Fulfill Their Respective Missions
     By Marie Summerlin Hamm, Benjamin V. Madison, III & Ryan P. Murnane

Can We Talk? Organizing Program Level Assessment to Foster Dialog About Student Learning
     By Docia L. Rudley

Suppose the Class Began the Day the Case Walked in the Door: Accepting Standard 314’s Invitation to Imagine a More Powerful, Professionally Authentic First-Year Learning Experience
     By Jennifer E. Spreng

Articles (Summer 2018)

An Accurate Taxation Scheme for Bitcoin
     By Michael Pereira

Preventing Predatory Practices: Indirect Auto Lending in the Motor City
    By Jennifer Pope

Protecting Justice: Juveniles and the Coercive Environment of Police Interrogations
     By Sam Yousif

Articles (Winter 2017)

Reconceptualizing “For Public Use” in the Aftermath of Horne v. Department of Agriculture
     By Joshua Brian Lanphear

Leadership in Online “Non-Traditional” Legal Education: Lessons Learned & Questions Raised 
     By Lawrence E. Singer

Notes

The Fourth Amendment Shall Prevail, Come Heller High Water
     By Nadia Maraachli

Same-sex Adoption in the Wake of Obergefell: How Recent Michigan Legislation Runs Counter to the First Amendment Rights of Prospective Adoptive Parents 
     By Sandra L. Simpson

How to Slay the Hydra: Adopting Charles Alan Wright’s “The Law of Remedies as a Social Institution” as a Framework for Preventing Data Breaches 
     By Tanya Murray

Flying Through the Loopholes: The Need for Drone Legislation in Michigan 
     By Ryan J. VanOver

Articles (Spring 2017)

Redundant Amendments: What the Constitution Says When It Repeats Itself
     By Robert M. Black

Notes

The Demise of Finality for Michigan’s Children: Sanders, Hatcher, and Collateral Attacks
     By Erin Reisig Cobane

Michigan’s Elective Share: An EPIC Failure
     By LeighAnna C. Cunningham

Torturing Mentally Ill and Juvenile Prisoners: An Examination of Michigan’s Administrative Segregation Policies
     By Zachary R. Morgan

Functional Claiming of Inventions and Related Issues of Indefiniteness
     By James D. Stevens Jr.

Articles (Summer 2017)

This volume is dedicated to our Impact of Formative Assessment Symposium which was held on March 3, 2017.  The Symposium contemplated how the American Bar Association’s emphasis on outcome measuresin its revised Standards for Approval will affect law students’ educational experience.

Formative Assessments: A Law School Case Study
     By Ruth Colker, Ellen Deason, Deborah Merritt, Abigail Shoben & Month Smith

Should You Bother Reaching Out? Performance Effects of Early Direct Outreach to Low-Performing Students
     By David M. Siegel

Formative Peer Review: Promoting Interactive, Reflective Learning, or the Blind Leading the Blind?
     By Andrew Noble

Notes

Vacating an Arbitration Award in Federal Court: The Jurisdictional Issues of the “Look Through” Approach and Arbitrators Violating Securities SRO Regulations
     By Kory Steen

The Great Lakes Symposium Issue 

Articles (Winter 2015)

The Dangers of Using Social Media in the Legal Profession: An Ethical Examination in Professional Responsibility
     By Elizabeth Colvin

Free Exercise for Whom? — Could the Religious-Liberty Principle that Catholics Established in Perez v. Sharp also Protect Same-Sex Couples’ Right to Marry?
     By Erian Alan Isaacson

Notes

Agree to Disagree: The Circuit Split on the Definition of “Arbitration” 
     By Daniel Burkhart

Articles (Spring 2015)

A Game Changer: Assessing the Impact of Princeton/UCLA Laptop Study on the Debate to Ban Law Student Use of Laptops During Classb
     By Steven Eisenstat

Armed Attacks in Cyberspace: The Unseen Threat to Peace and Security that Redefines the Law of State Responsibility 
     By Nicolas Jupillat

Notes

The Law Catching Up with the Evolution of Cell Phones: Warrantless Searches of a Cell Phone are Unconstitutional Under the Fourth Amendment 
     By Adrianna Patrina Agosta

The Flap with No Fly – Does the No Fly List Violate Privacy and Due Process Constitutional Protections? 
     By Dan Lowe

Articles (Winter 2014)

The Constitution Commands It: Legislative Power in a Commission’s World 
     By Murray A. Duncan III

Notes

Internet Use and Sex Crimes Convicts: Preserving the First Amendment Rights of Sexual Offenders Through the Framework of United States v. Albertson 
     By Ariana Deskins

The Aftermath of Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.: The Battle Between Deference and Notice and the Guidance of Michigan Jurisprudence 
     By Ivory Perkins

Comments

You Have the Right to Remain Vigilant: Law Enforcement Officers’ Unconstitutional Responses to Being Recorded
     By Matthew Aulin Crist

Articles (Spring 2014)

Inextricably Entwined: Tools Allowed to Facilitate Free Speech 
     By Nathaniel Vargas Gallegos

Notes

Life’s Good … Or Is It? A Note Examining The Circuit Split That May Be Negatively Affecting Your Telecommunications Service and Pockets 
     By Noor Toma

A Lack of Transparency: How the FEC Made a Mandatory Election Spending Disclosure Scheme Voluntary 
     By Patrick Walbridge

Articles (Fall 2014)

Green Thumbs in the City: Incentivizing Urban Agriculture on Unoccupied Detroit Public School District Land
     By Lynn Bartkowiak Scholander

Why Urban Agriculture can be Controversial: Exploring the Cultural Association of Urban Agriculture with Backwardness, Race, Gender, and Poverty
     By Jaime Bouvier

Urban Food Corridors: Cultivating Sustainable Cities
     By Becky L. Jacobs

From Vacant Lots to Full Pantries: Urban Agriculture Programs and the American City 
     By Jessica Owley & Tonya Lewis

Community-Based Urban Agriculture as Affirmative Environmental Justice 
     By Anastasia Telesetsky

Distressed Cities and Urban Farming: Are We Making a Mountain Out of a Molehill?
     By Peter Wendell

Medieval Roots, Modern Fruits: Transforming Privately-Owned Abandoned Properties into Community Spaces
     by Becky Lundberg Witt, Esq.

Notes

Cultivating Capital: A Look at the Issues Affecting Urban Farms as a Business and How New Innovative Policy Changes at the Federal and State Level Will Impact the Financial Sustainability of Urban Farms 
     By William Semaan

Take a Walk Through the Cities’ Gardens: Comparing Detroit’s New Urban Agriculture Zoning Ordinance to Others of its Kind
     By Chelsea Smialek

Articles (Fall 2012)

Protecting the Crowd and Raising Capital Through CROWDFUND Act 
     By Andrew C. Fink

The Questionable Effect of Informal and Instantaneous Electronic Communications on the Validity of “No Oral Modification” Clauses: Are Texts, Tweets, and Email Destroying the Sanctity of Contract Law?
     By Diana Ovsepian

Notes

Some Thoughts for Animal Lovers (and First Amendment Afficionados) in the Wake of U.S. v. Stevens 
     By Jessica Bond

The Death Penalty for Mentally Ill Offenders: Atkins, Roper, and Mitigation Factors to Militate Against Categorical Exemption 
     By Joseph Hess

The New Frontier of Healthcare: Accountable Care Organizations & the Changing Interplay Among Quality, Cost and Peer Review 
     By John F. Price III

Widening the Gap Between Rich and Poor: Issues and Recommendations for the Implementation of Michigan’s Medicaid Estate Recovery Law 
     By Alexandra Smith

Articles (Winter 2013)

Expansion of the Katz Reasonable Expectation of Privacy Test Is Necessary to Perpetuate a Majoritarian View of the Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Electronic Communications to Third Parties 
     By Samantha Arrington

Notes

A Civil Prison — Fear or Reason? Unbiased Reform of Involuntary Commitment Proceedings for Non-Criminals Admitted into Mental Facilities 
     By Renee Gruber

Pay-if-Paid Clauses: A Note Demonstrating the Effect of Contingent Payment Clauses as a Clear Violation of the Michigan Construction Lien Act 
     By Nicole M. Simone

Comments

Why the Michigan Supreme Court in Saurman was Wrong to Grant MERS the Authority to Foreclose by Advertisement in Michigan
     By Lawrence J. Opalewski, Jr.

Articles (Fall 2013)

Are We Removing Citizens? The Contentious Legal Issue Surrounding the Interpretation of the Former Derivative Citizenship Statute and Why Lawful Permanent Resident Status Is Not Required
      By Christopher Dutot

Articles (Fall 2011)

Adverse Possession, Takings, and the State
     By William C. Marra

Title II and High School Athletics Age Limits: Individualized Assessments for Student-Athletes with Disabilities After PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin
     By Jeffrey Mongiello

Notes

Eminent Domain: Detroit’s Struggle to Downsize 
     By Peter J. Domas

Taking a Heavy Toll: The Constitutional Implications of Prohibiting Equitable Tolling in Cases of Actual Innocence 
     By Anthony Roby

Comments

Getting into the Hot Tub: How the United States Could Benefit from Australia’s Concept of “Hot Tubbing” Expert Witnesses
     By Elizabeth Reifert

Miranda Version 2.0: Upgrading American Criminal Procedure by Utilizing a Two-Fold Approach to Facilitating the Electronic Recording of Custodial Interrogations 
     By Stephen E. Saguta

Articles (Winter 2012)

Trademark Infringement Rules in Google Keyword Advertising 
     By Kitsuron Sangsuvan

Notes

Growing in the D: Revising Current Laws to Promote a Model of Sustainable City Agriculture 
     By Melanie J. Duda

Frustrating Commerce: The Negative Effect of Penrod on the Economy and the Automobile Industry 
     By Justin T. Evans

Clearing the Regulatory Hurdles and Promoting Offshore Wind Development in Michigan 
     By Ashlyn N. Mausolf

Comments

Child Abuse is Color Blind: Why the Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights Provision of the Indian Child Welfare Act Should Be Reformed 
     By Ashley E. Brennan

Articles (Spring 2012)

Why Arizona Senate Bill 1070 is Constitutional and not Preempted by Federal Law
     By Calvin L. Lewis, David Strange, and Michael Blake Downey

The Ethical Dilemma of Local Ordinances that Purport to Deport Illegal Aliens 
     By Lawrence S. Ruddell, Walter T. Champion, and Danyahel Norris

Notes

Neglecting Due Process Rights of Immigrants in the Southwest United States: A Critique of Operation Streamline
     By Katharine Brink

Comments

Pocketing a Pretty Penny: Sexual Victimization, Human Rights, and Private Contractors in the U.S. Immigration Detention System
     By Grace Trueman

Articles (Summer 2012)

This volume is dedicated to our Third Annual Symposium on the Future of Intellectual Property.

The Future of International Intellectual Property: Remembering the Past 
     By Myra J. Tawfik

Intellectual Property: ‘Bargain’ or Not?
     By David Vaver

Comments

Who is Swimming in Your Gene Pool? Harmonizing the International Pattern of Gene Patentability to Benefit Patient Care and the Biotechnology Industry 
     By Shannon K. Murphy

McElroy Lecture

Child Sex Abuse in Institutional Settings: What Is Next
     By Marci A. Hamilton

Articles (Fall 2010)

Unraveling International Jurisdictional Issues on the World Wide Web
     By Derek J. Illar, Esq. 

The Openness of the Commercial Free Speech Test and the Value of Self-Realization 
     By R. George Wright

Notes

Piercing the Veil of Secrecy: The Impact of the Child Protection Law on the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse 
     By Lisa Koverbo

Comments

Pleasant Grove City v. Summum: How Establishment Clause Principles Help Define the Government Speech Doctrine 
     By James Bernstein

An Extreme Makeover: Why Michigan’s Judicial Recusal Standards Needed Reconstruction and Why More Work Remains to Be Done 
     By Aaron D. Hanke

The “Making Available” Theory and the Future of P2P Networks: Does Merely Making Files Available for Further Distribution Constitute Copyright Infringement, and is it Time for Congress to Act in Accordance with this Technology?
     By Andrew James McGarrow

Articles (Winter 2010)

A Loss for Words: “Religion” in the First Amendment 
     By Mason Blake Binkley

Cyberharassment, Sexting and Other High-Tech Offenses Involving Michigan Residents – Are We Victims or Criminals?
     By Patrick E. Corbett

You Can’t Say That, Or Maybe You Can: An Analysis of Michigan Prosecutor Closing Argument Law 
     By Anthony Flores

Protecting Statements in Catholic Tribunal Proceedings Under the Priest-Pentitent Privilege: Cimijotti v. Paulsen Considered 
     By Chad G. Marzen

Notes

Considering the Totality of the Circumstances for Asylum Applicants: Why the Bars to Asylum are in Desperate Need of Reform 
     By Kyle Michael Butler

Looking for the Best Interests of the Child in Custody Disputes Between a Natural Parent and a Third Party in Michigan 
     By William Link

Comments

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Efforts of the Mentally Ill to Achieve Equal and Adequate Health Coverage
     By Amanda Clark

United States Farm Bill — An Antiquated Policy?
     By Sarah Harwood

Articles (Spring 2011)

The Last Common Law Justice: The Personal Jurisdiction Jurisprudence of Justice John Paul Stevens 
     By Roger D. Citron

Ancient Laws, Yet Strangely Modern: Biblical Contract and Tort Jurisprudence 
     By Richard H. Hiers

PROCEDAMUS IN PACE: Serving Justice: RLUIPA Resonates the Teachings of Dignitatis Humanae, and the Third Circuit’s “Substantial Burden” Test Provides a Thorough, Fair Inquiry into a Prisoner’s Religious Exercise 
     By Victor N. Metallo

After Review: An Open Letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Suggesting that Limiting the League’s Disciplinary Power Under the Personal Conduct Policy May Be in the League’s Best Interests
     By Logan O’Shaughnessy

Notes

Student Athletes and the Deprivation of Rights of Privacy and Publicity – Are Fantasy Sports Leagues Infringing Upon the Rights of College Athletes? If so, What Consitutes a Viable Solution?
     By Leah M. Chamberlin

Michigan’s Wine Shipping Restrictions: A Valid Use of Twenty-first Amendment Control or Slight of Hand Legislation Discriminating Against the Free Market?
     By Todd Shepard

Comments

Steering Clear of the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine: Placing the Burden Where It Belongs 
     By Daniel Hegner

Creating Property Rights out of Whole Cloth: Judicial Activists Beware, Section 560.221 of the Michigan Land Division Act is not a License to Create Otherwise Non-Existent Property Rights 
     By Adam M. Wenner

McElroy Lecture

Sex, Atheism, and the Free Exercise of Religion 
     By Douglas Laycock

Articles (Summer 2011)

Articles (Fall 2009)

Case Digests

Constitutional Law – Double Jeopardy
Convictions and Punishments for Compound Offenses May Be Permissible Under the “Multiple Punishments” Protection If Statutory Elements Differ for a First-Degree Felony and Predicate Offense. People v. Ream, 750 N.W.2d 536 (Mich. 2008). 
     By Jennifer Dukarski

Constitutional Interpretation – Same-Sex Marriage
The Marriage Amendment to the State of Michigan Constitution Precludes Public Employers from Extending Health Insurance Benefits to Same-Sex Domestic Partners.  National Pride at Work, Inc. v. Governor of Michigan, 748 N.W. 2d 524 (Mich. 2008). 
     By Renee Hindo

Criminal Law – Departure from Sentencing Guidelines
A Trial Court Abuses Its Discretion in Departing from Sentencing Guidelines If the Sentences Are Not Proportionate to the Offense and the Offender.  People v. Smith, 754 N.W.2d 284 (Mich. 2008).
     By Lisa Koverko

Constitutional Law – Eminent Domain
The Exclusion of General Effects Damages Is Constitutional and Does Not Offend the Principles of Just Compensation from a Taking.  Michigan Department of Transportation v. Tomkins, 749 N.W.2d 176 (Mich. 2008). 
     By Chase Kubica

Taxation – Property Tax Exemptions for Charitable Purposes
In Michigan, a Charitable Institution Renting Property to Low-Income Individuals and Families for Charitable Purposes Does Not Qualify for a Property Tax Exemption.  Liberty Hill Housing Corporation v. City of Livonia, 746 N.W.2d 282 (Mich. 2008). 
     By Joslyn R. Muller

Tort Law – Landlord’s Premises Duty
The Accumulation of Snow and Ice Does Not Necessarily Render a Common Area Unfit for Its Intended Purpose Despite the Danger the Snow May Present.  Allison v. AEW Capital Management,  751 N.W.2d 8 (Mich. 2008). 
     By Chris Parton

Constitutional Law – Equal Protection
The Michigan Supreme Court Has Refused to Disturb Michigan’s Dower Statutes from Their Unique Status. In re Miltenberger, 753 N.W.2d 219 (Mich. 2008). 
     By Krista Pfautz

Constitutional Law
The Ministerial Exception Exists in Michigan as a Valid Defense in Employment Discrimination Suits. Weishuhn v. Catholic Diocese of Lansing, 756 N.W.2d 483 (Mich. Ct. App. 2008).
     By Sara Prose

Constitutional Law – Freedom of Information Act
Information Is Exempt Under the Privacy Exemption Clause of the FOIA If the Information of a Personal Nature and Disclosure Would Constitute a Clearly Unwarranted Invasion into the Individual’s Private Life.  Michigan Federation of Teachers & School Related Personnel, AFT, AFL-CIO v. University of Michigan, 753 N.W.2d 28 (Mich. 2008).
     By Melissa Seaman

Statutory Interpretation – Standard of Review
In Michigan, Boyer-Campbell Provides the Proper Standard of Review for an Administrative Agency’s Interpretation of a Statute.  SBC Michigan v. Public Service Commission, 754 N.W.2d 259 (Mich. 2008).  
     By Melissa A. Stamkos

Articles (Winter 2010)

A Felon Deliberates: Policy Implications of the Michigan Supreme Court’s Holding in People v. Miller
     By James M. Binnall

The “Seller-friendly” Approach to MAC Clause Analysis Should Be Replaced by a “Reality-friendly” Approach
     By Molly Brooks

Arizona v. Gant: The Supreme Court Gets It Right (Almost)
     By Michael Goodin

Redirecting the Scope of First-Year Writing Courses: Toward a New Paradigm of Teaching Legal Writing
     By Soma R. Kedia

An Alternative Justification for the Perjury Trap Defense
     By Jon Reidy, Michael J. Stephan, Shane Pennington, Guha Krishnamurthi

Shareholder Bylaw Proposals, Delaware Certification, and the SEC After CA, Inc. v. AFSCME Employees Pension Plan
     By Matthew F. Sullivan

Notes

Connecticut’s Class Divide: Sexual Orientation as a Quasi-Suspect Class
     By Renee T. Hindo

Dean v. Utica Community Schools: A Significant Victory for the Student Press Community and a Potential Guiding Force to the Reexamination of the Hazelwood Holding 
     By Sara Prose

Comments

The Sexual Predator’s Scarlet Letter Under the Federal Rules of Evidence 413, 414, and 415: The Moral Implication of the Stigma Created and the Attempt to Balance by Weighing for Prejudice
     By Jennifer Dukarski

Dressing for Work Is Work: Compensating Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act for Donning and Doffing Protective Gear
     By James Watts

Articles (Spring 2010)

Recurring Concerns in Arbitration Proceedings: Examining the Contours of Arbitral Subpoenas Issued to Nonparty Witnesses
     By Danielle C. Beasley

Dormant Commerce Clause Challenges to the Michigan Business Tax
     By Christopher J. Enge

Warrantless Entries and Searches Under Exigent Circumstances: Why Are They Justified and What Types of Circumstances Are Considered Exigent? 
     By John Mark Huff

Selling Ourselves into Slavery: An Originalist Defense of Tacit Substantive Limits to the Article V Amendment Process and the Double-Entendre of Unalienable
     By Landon W. Magnusson

Citizens United, Austin, and the Unconstitutionality of MCL Section 169.254(1)
     By Hon. Daniel P. Ryan

Notes

Should the Orphans Be Released?
     By Melissa A. Stamkos

Comments

Scott’s Guardian: A Critical Analysis of Departure Sentences in Michigan After People v. Smith 
     By Patrick Lannen

Locking the Backdoor: Revised MRE 703 and Its Realized Impact on Bases of Expert Testimony
     By Laura F. Levine

Haven’t Women Obtained Equality? An Analysis of the Constitutionality of Dower in Michigan
     By Joslyn R. Muller

Articles (Summer 2010)

This volume is dedicated to our Symposium on The Future of Michigan No-Fault Auto Insurance.

The Fall, Rise, and Uncertain Future of the No-Fault Act’s One-Year-Back Limitation on Recovery of Benefits
     By James G. Gross
 
The Foundations and Enactment of Michigan Automobile No-Fault Insurance
     By James T. Mellon & David A. Kowalski
 
Let’s Get Serious: A View of the Serious Impairment Threshold from a Defense Prospective
     By Daniel R. Siefer, esq. & Mary T. Nemeth, esq.

Notes

United States Fidelity Insurance & Guaranty Co. v. Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association: Oh Ye State Legislature, Hear the Cries of Michigan Motorists; The State Supreme Court Adds to the List of No-Fault Areas in Need of Reform!
     By Shaun Springer

McElroy Lecture

Natural Rights, Popular Sovereignty, and Covenant Politics: Johannes Althusius and the Dutch Revolt and Republic
     By John Witte, Jr.

Articles (Fall 2008)

Case Digests

Employment Law – Rights and Liabilities as to Third Parties
Employer Not Vicariously Liable for Rape of Female Security Guard by Employee when the Rape was not Foreseeable to the Employer Due to the Employee’s Lack of Criminal Record or Past Criminal Behavior, Brown v. Brown, 739 N.W.2d 313 (Mich. 2007).
     By Danielle Asaad

Insurance Law – Discovery of Medical Information 
The Trial Court Abused Its Discretion when Imposing Conditions on a Mandatory Medical Examination Beyond Those Established in the Insurance Policy and the Michigan No-Fault Act.  Muci v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 732 N.W.2d 88 (Mich. 2007).
     By Vichit Chea

Constitutional Law – Doctrine of Standing
Despite Statutory Law to the Contrary, Taxpayers Lack Standing in a Suit Against Their Public School District for an Alleged Illegal Use of Public Funds, Rohde v. Ann Arbor Public Schools, 737 N.W.2d 158 (Mich. 2007). 
     By Sara N. D’Agostini

Tort Law – Governmental Immunity
A Design Defect Claim is Not Cognizable Under the Public Building Exception to Governmental Immunity Under Section 691.1406 of the Michigan Complied Laws. Renny v. Michigan Department of Transportation, 734 N.W.2d 518 (Mich. 2007).
     By Molly I. Harris

Consitutional Law – Access to Public Libraries
The Michigan Constitution Mandates Book-Borrowing Privileges to Only City Residents and Contracting Cities’ Residents. Goldstone v. Bloomfield Township Public Library, 737 N.W.2d 476 (Mich. 2007). 
     By Katherine L. Helmer

Wrongful Death – Statute of Limitations
Michigan’s Statute of Limitations for Wrongful Death Actions in Exclusive, Therefore Precluding the Use of the Common Law Discovery Rule.  Trentadue v. Gorton, 738 N.W.2d 664 (Mich. 2007). 
     By Nacole M. Hurlbert

Federal Civil Procedure – Class Action
Class Certification to Modify Retiree Healthcare Benefits Met the Requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 of Fair, Reasonable, and Adequate.  International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. General Motors Corporation, 497 F.3d 615 (6th Cir. 2007).
     By Alicia A. Mazurek

Statutory Interpretation – Abortion Procedures 
A Statute that Prohibits the Dilation and Evacuation Abortion Procedure is an Unconstitutional Undue Burden on a Woman’s Right to Terminate Her Pregnancy.  Northland Family Planning Clinic, Inc. v. Cox, 487 F.3d 323 (6th Cir. 2007).
     By Ingrid A. Minott

Professional Responsibility – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Strickland v. Washington Provides the Appropriate Standard to be Applied when Determining Whether a Claim of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel is Grounds for Barring a Defendant’s Confession.  People v. Frazier, 733 N.W.2d 713 (Mich. 2007). 
     by Warren J. White

Civil Forfeiture – Exclusionary Rule 
Broadening the Use of Illegally Seized Evidence in Forfeiture Proceedings.  In re Forfeiture of $180,975, 734 N.W.2d 489 (Mich. 2007). 
     By Dawn Yeaton

Articles (Winter 2009)

The Kelo Revolution 
     By Shawn Hoting

The Impact of Derivative Financial Market Expansion on the Central Bank’s Monetary Policy: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure 
     By Jongho Kim Ph.D

The Price of Advice
     By Mary-Hunter Morris

Using Feedback Theory to Help Novice Legal Writers Develop Expertise
     By Sheila Rodriguez

Notes

Michigan’s Workplace Enforcement Law: Encroachment on Traditional Federal Power or Effective Socioeconomic Policy?
     by Christopher J. Lenhardt

The Attorney-Client Relationship: Exploring the Unintended Consequences of Inadvertent Formation 
     by Ingrid A. Minott

Does the Michigan Supreme Court Need a Midnight Visit from the Ghost of Chief Justice William Howard Taft?
     by Dawn Yeaton

Comments

Judicial Restraint or Activism? The Transformation of the Doctrine of Standing in Michigan
     by Sharon M. Barnes

Articles (Spring 2009)

Market Dynamics in Corporate Tort Externalization: The Hidden Assumption of Corporate Social Efficiency
     By James M. Binnall

The Defense Base Act: An Outdated Law and its Current Implications 
     By Greta S. Milligan

Misconception of the Will as Linguistic Behavior and Misperception of the Testator’s Intention: The Class Gift Doctrine 
     By Frederic S. Schwartz

Notes

Direct Government Grants to Churches for Façade Improvements: The Fall of the Wall of Separation 
     By Danielle Asaad

Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo: The International Criminal Court as it Brings its First Case to Trial 
     By Alicia Mazurek

A Second Chance: Michigan’s Progressive Shift in Social Policy to Rehabilitate its Mentally Ill and Juvenile Defendants
     By Corey J. Sacca

Comments

Voter Identification Laws: The Past, the Present, and the Unpredictable Future
     By Sara N. D’Agostini

Articles (Summer 2009)

Herbert Butterfield, Christianity, and International Law
     By Robert J. Delahunty

The Holy See’s Worldwide Role and International Human Rights: Solely Symbolic? 
     By Chad Marzen

Religious Groups in a Free Society 
     By Kevin Pybas

Religion Undefined: Competing Frameworks for Understanding “Religion” in the Establishment Clause 
     By Lael Daniel Weinberger

McElroy Lecture

Immigration, the Rule of Law, and the Common Good 
     By Cardinal Roger Mahony

Articles (Fall 2007)

Symposium: Corporate Corruption

Recent Developments in Combating the Bribery of Foreign Public Officials: A Cause for Optimism? 
     By John Hatchard

A Primer on Advancement of Defense costs: The Rights and Duties of Officers and Corporations 
     By Richard A. Rossman, Matthew J. Lund & Kathy K. Lochmann

Case Digests

American-Indian Law – Taxation
Michigan General Property Tax Act is Not Valid Against Indian Reservation Land Allotted Under the 1854 Treaty Because Congress Did Not Expressly Authorize It. Keweenaw Bay Indian Community v. Naftaly, 452 F.3d 514 (6th Cir. 2006). 
     By Meredith Mullins

Constitutional Law – Inmate’s Constitutional Rights
Qualified Immunity Is Denied Where Inmate’s Rights Were Clearly Established at the Time of Violation.  Clark-Murphy v. Foreback, 439 F.3d 280 (6th Cir. 2006). 
     By Ellen Lee

Criminal Law – Accomplice Liability
A Defendant Who Intends to Aid, Abet, Counsel, or Procure the Commission of a Crime, Is Liable for That Crime as Well as the Natural and Probable Consequences of That Crime.  People v. Robinson, 715 N.W.2d 44 (Mich. 2006). 
     By Sean Wilkins

Criminal Procedure – The Requirement That A Detainee Be Brought to Trial Within 180 Days After Notice Is Sent to the Prosecuting Attorney Except When the Pending Criminal Charge Provides for Mandatory Consecutive Sentencing is Not Limited as Such Any Longer; The Rule Applies to Any Pending Charge Against Any Detainee.  People v. Williams, 716 N.W.2d 208 (Mich. 2006). 
     By Loukas P. Kalliantasis

Family Law – Parental Rights 
To Bring a Claim Under the Michigan Paternity Act, If the Mother Was Married at the Time of Conception, the Father Must Prove that the Child Was Born Out of Wedlock by Overcoming the Presumption that the Child Was an  Issue of the Marriage by Clear and Convincing Evidence.  Barnes v. Jeudevine, 718 N.W.2d 311 (Mich. 2006).  
     By Jessicaq Dopierala

Health Law – Peer Review Immunity
The Peer Review Statute Does Not Bar Judicial Review of a Private Hospital’s Staffing Decisions and the Doctrine of Judicial Nonintervention Is Abolished.  Feyz v. Mercy Memorial Hospital, 719 N.W.2d 1 (Mich. 2006). 
     By Farrah Arif

Tort Law – Governmental Immunity
The Shoulder Portion of a Highway Is Not Within the Scope of the Highway Exception, Shielding the Government from Tort Liability.  Grimes v. Michigan Department of Transportation, 715 N.W.2d 275 (Mich. 2006).
     By Katherine Fortune

Tort Law – Dram Shop Act Statutory Presumption of Nonliability
The Standard for Rebutting the Statutory Presumption of Nonliability for All But the Last Establishment, Is Clear and Convincing Evidence of Visible Intoxication Requires Eye Witness Testimony.  Reed v. Breton, 718 N.W.2d 770 (Mich. 2006). 
     By Stephen L. Grajewski 

Tort Law – Products Liability
A Manufacturer’s or Seller’s Duty to Warn of Product Risks Extends Only to Material Risks Not Obvious to a Reasonably Prudent Product User.  Greene v. A.P. Products, 717 N.W.2d 855 (Mich. 2006).
     By Ziyad I. Hermiz

Tort Law – Agency Liability 
A Michigan Employer Will Not Be Subject to Vicarious Liability Based on the Principles of Agency if its Employee Was Acting Outside the Scope of Employment.  Szigo v. Hurley Medical Center, 716 N.W.2d 220 (Mich. 2006).
     By Aaron J. Williams

Articles (Winter 2008)

Race and the American Criminal Justice System: Three Arguments About Criminal Law, Social Science, and Criminal Procedure 
     By Harvey Gee

Detention for the Purpose of Interrogation as Modern “Torture”
     By Rinat Kitai-Sangero

The Confrontation Clause After Crawford v. Washington: Clarifying the Meaning of Testimonial Statements in Criminal Trials 
     By Thomas J. Walsh

Notes

Medical Miracle or Unnecessary Exercise? The Legal Implications of Mandatory Childhood Vaccination for HPV
     By Katherine A. Fortune

Stemming the Tide of Research and Constitutional Challenges: Embryonic Stem Cell Legislation
     By Meredith Mullins

Inoperable Yet Harmful: How the Michigan Supreme Court Decision of People v. Peals Removed the Operability Requirement from the Definition of a Firearm Against the Intent of the Legislature 
     By Dalit Oren

Comments

The Veiled Truth: Can the Credibility of Testimony Given by a Niqab-Wearing Witness be Judged Without the Assistance of Facial Expressions?
     By Aaron J. Williams

Articles (Spring 2008)

The Elephant in Law School Classrooms: Overuse of the Socratic Method as an Obstacles to Teaching Modern Law Students 
     By Benjamin V. Madison III

Local Governance and Pandemics: Lessons from the 1918 Flu 
     By Jason Marisam

Bidding for Justice: A Case Study about the Effect of Campaign Contributions on Judicial Decision-Making
     By Aman McLeod

Notes

Too Far or Not Far Enough?: Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Order 2006-6 and Its Impact on Asbestos Litigation in Michigan  
     By Matthew L. Cooper

Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice: Why are Students Falling Off the Bridge and What are Law Schools Doing to Catch Them?
     By Jessica Dopierala

A Prescription for Trouble: A Look at Why Michigan Can’t Afford to Pierce the Pharmaceutical Veil 
     by Ziyad I. Hermiz

Articles (Summer 2008)

The Jurisprudence of Love
     By Barbara L. Atwell

Defending Liberty and Defeating Tyrants: The Reemergence of Federal Theology in the Rhetoric of the Bush Doctrine
     By Bradley Aron Cooper

Towards a Modern Definition of Religion
     By Karen Sandrik

Baranowski v. Hart: Limitations on Jailhouse Religion Despite the Free Exercise Clause and RLUIPA
     By Ian J. Silverbrand

McElroy Lecture

No Law Respecting the Practice of Religion
     By Leslie C. Griffin

Articles (Fall 2006)

Case Digests

Constitutional Law – Due Process 
Federal Prosecution Following a Defendant’s Rejection of a State Plea Offer Does Not Violate Due Process or Constitute Vindictive Prosecution.  United States v. Gray, 382 F.Supp 2d 898 (E.D. Mich. 2005). 
     By Melodee Henderson

Constitutional Law – First Amendment 
City’s Demonstration Ordinance Is Unconstitutional because (1) Thirty-Day Notice Provision Is Not Narrowly Tailored, (2) Application to “Small Group Speech” Is Overboard and Not Narrowly Tailored, and (3) Strict Liability Unconstitutionally Infringes on Protected First Amendment Activity.  American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee v. City of Dearborn, 418 F.3d 600 (6th Cir. 2005).
     By Jonathan Burleigh 

Constitutional Law – Searches and Seizures
Without Individualized Suspicion, a Strip Search of a Student Violated the Fourth Amendment.  However, When the Law Does Not Clearly Establish the Unconstitutionality of the Search, the Search Official Is Entitled to Qualified Immunity.  Beard v. Whitmore Lake School District, 402 F.3d 598 (6th Cir. 2005). 
     By Dominic Paluzzi

Criminal Procedure – Searches and Seizures 
The Defendant Has No Reasonable Expectation of of Privacy in Regard to an Enclosed Porch.  Statements made During a Custodial Interrogation Are Inadmissible Unless the Defendant Voluntarily, Knowingly, and Intelligently Waived His Fifth Amendment Right Against Self-Incrimination.  People v. Tierney, 703 N.W.2d 204 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005).
     By Michael A. Chichester, Jr. 

Insurance Law – Contribution 
Michigan Tort Reform’s Adoption of Several Liability Does Not Preclude an Insurer from Bringing an Action for Statutory Contribution Against Purported Joint Tortfeasors After Settling with the Injured Party.  Gerling Konzern Allgemeine v. Lawson, 693 N.W.2d 149 (Mich. 2005).
     By Kenneth H. Hemler

Intellectual Property Law – Copyright Infringement
Any Digital Sample of Music Taken from a Sound Recording Is Prohibited Under the Federal Copyright Statute, 17 U.S.C. § 114.  Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Dimension Films, 410 F.3d 792 (6th Cir 2005).
     By Nicole Stafford

Labor and Employment Law – Disability Benefits
Pursuant to ERISA, the Fact that a Long-Term Disability Insurance Plan Participant Might be Capable of Sedentary Work Does Not Mean He Is Not Disabled.  Kalish v. Liberty Mutual/Liberty Assurance Co. of Boston, 419 F.3d 501 (6th Cir. 2005). 
     By Natalia Kujan Gentry

Medical Malpractice – Requirements for Out-of State Affidavits of Merit
Signatures on Out-of-State Affidavits of Merit Must Be Certified by Clerk of court from Which Affidavit Issues.  Aspey v. Memorial Hospital, 702 N.W.2d 870 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005). 
     By Erin M. Badovinac

Property Law – Eminent Domain 
A Proposed Road that Will Mainly Be Used by a Private Party Is a Public Use Because the Public Retains the Right to Travel the Road Which is Controlled by the Public Entity.  City of Novi v. Robert Adell Children’s Funded Trust, 701 N.W.2d 144 (Mich. 2005). 
     By David Kowalski 

Tort Law – Negligence 
There Is No Cause of Action for Medical Monitoring, Based on Negligence, Absent a Present Physical Injury.  Henry v. Dow Chemical Co., 701 N.W.2d 684 (Mich. 2005). 
     By Francine Nesti

Tort Law – Settlement Agreements
With “Mary Carter-Style” Agreements, Fairness Served by Disclosure to the Jury Must be Weighed Against the Countervailing Interests of Encouraging Settlements.  Hashem v. Les Stanford Oldsmobile, Inc., 697 N.W.2d 558 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005). 
     By Jessica McGrath

Workers Compensation – Specific Loss Benefits 
The Michigan Supreme Court Gives Its Citizens a Hand; for Specific Loss Benefits, a Limb Only Needs to Lose Its Usefulness.  Cain v. Waste Management, Inc., 697 N.W.2d 130 (Mich. 2005).
     By Ryan D. Streefkerk

Articles (Winter 2007)

Immigration Control: A Catholic Dilemma?
     By March Carter Stith

Precedent and Procedural Due Process: Policymaking in the Federal Courts 
     By Sarah A. Maguire

Notes

The Twenty-first Amendment Accommodates the Dormant Commerce Clause: Did the Supreme Court Awaken a Sleeping Giant with Its Decision in Granholm v. Heald? 
     By Michael A. Chichester, Jr.

Michigan’s Proposed Constitutional Amendment in Response to Kelo: Adequate Protection Against Eminent Domain Abuse or False Hope to Private Property Owners?
     By Kenneth H. Hemler

Publicity Rights in Michigan: A Set of Considerations for Moving Right of Publicity Legislation to the Front of the Bus 
     By Melodee Henderson

Exempting the Protection Out of Michigan’s Consumer Protection Act: A Call for Returning Consumer Protection to the Act 
     By Scott Thomas O’Neal

Articles (Spring 2007)

The Centrality of Information in Legal Opt-Out
     By Chiawen C. Kiew

Recharacterizing Separate Property at Divorce 
     By Elijah L. Milne

Comments

Red State, Blue State, No State?: Examining the Existence of a Congressional Power to Remove a State 
     by David Kowalski

Michigan’s Sex Offender Registration Act: Does it Make Communities Safer? The Implications of the Inclusion of a Broad Range of Offenders, a Review of Statutory Amendments and Thoughts on Future Changes 
     By Kari Melkonian

Grandma Gets Devoured All Over Again and This Time the Huntsmen Is Not Around to Save Her:  An Analysis of Michigan’s Grandparent Visitation Statute and a Comparison with Statutes of Other Jurisdiction 
     By Stephanie O’Connor

The Ninth Amendment and America’s Unconstitutional War on Drugs 
     by Kevin S. Toll

Articles (Summer 2007)

Ma, Ma, Where’s My Pa? On Your Jury, Ha, Ha, Ha!  A Constitutional Analysis of Implied Bias Challenges for Cause
     By William P. Barnette

The Supreme Court and the Future of Marriage 
     By Stephen L. Mikochick

Notes

Don’t Fence Me Out: What Are the Rights and Responsibilities of the Public and Riparian Landowners After Glass v. Goeckel 
     By Jonathan Burleigh

Comments

Coping with the Specter of Urban Malaise in a Postmodern Landscape: The Need for a Detroit Land Bank Authority 
     By Thomas Gunton

The Federal Circuit: During Its Quarter-Century Existence, It Has Increasingly Positioned Itself as the Last Word in Patent Litigation, at the Expense of Uniformity, Predicability and Cost.  Will the “Super Juror” Learn from Its Mistakes? 
     By Francine Nesti

Lose the Distinction: Internet Bloggers and First Amendment Protection of Libel Defendants – Citizen Journalism and the Supreme Court’s Murky Jurisprudence Blur the Line Between Media and Non-Media Speakers 
     By Nicole A. Stafford

Articles (Summer 2007)

Change and Authority in Islamic Law: The Islamic Law of Inheritance in Modern Muslim States 
     By Yasir Billoo

Sexual Morality: An Analysis of Dominance Feminism, Christian Theology, and the First Amendment 
     By Jeffrey M. Bryan

The Influence of Catholicism, Islam and Judaism on the Assisted Reproductive Technologies (“ART”) Bioethical and Legal Debate: A Comparative Survey of ART in Italy, Egypt and Israel 
     By Mary Rodgers Bundren

Qatar: The Pearl of the Middle East and Its Role in the Advancement of Women’s Rights
     By Michael B. Dye

The French Headscarf Law and the Right to Manifest Religious Belief 
     By Mukul Saxena

McElroy Lecture

Law, Islam, and the Future of the Middle East 
     By Noah Feldman

Articles (Fall 2005)

Civil Rights – Reverse Discrimination
A Plaintiff Claiming Reverse Discrimination Need No Longer Prove The Defendant Is That Unusual Employer Who Discriminates Against the Majority.  Lind v. City of Battle Creek, 681 N.W.2d 334 (Mich. 2004).
     By Carrie Lewand

Employment Law – Sexual Harassment
Where the Excessiveness of a Verdict is the Product of Counsel’s Calculated Efforts to Divert the Jury from its Fact-Finding Role, a New Trial is Necessary.  Gilbert v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 685 N.W.2d 391 (Mich. 2004). 
     By Lindsay Adams

Evidence – Testimonial Evidence for Criminal Appellate Review 
A Defendant Must Testify in Order to Preserve a Challenge to a Trial Court’s Ruling In Limine Allowing Evidence That a Defendant Exercised His Miranda Right to Remain Silent.  People v. Boyd, 682 N.W.2d 459 (Mich. 2004). 
     By Jason A. Ritter

Freedom of Information Act – Public Body
The MHSAA is Not a “Public Body” as Defined by Section 15.232(d) of Michigan Complied Laws and Therefore is Not Subject to the Freedom of Information Act’s Disclosure Requirements.  Breighner v. Michigan High School Athletic Ass’n, Inc., 683 N.W.2d 639 (Mich. 2004). 
     By Bradley T. French

Insurance Law – Criminal-Acts Exclusion 
The Test for Applicability of the Criminal-Acts Exclusion Includes an Objective Inquiry Using a Reasonable Person Standard to Determine if the Injuries Were a Reasonably Expected Result of the Insured’s Act.  Allstate Insurance Co. v.McCarn, 683 N.W.2d 656 (Mich. 2004).
     By Hilary A. Dullinger

Property Law – Eminent Domain
Allows for the Transfer of Condemned Property to a Private Entity when the Public Retains a Measure of Control Over the Property.  County of Wayne v. Hathcock, 684 N.W.2d 765 (Mich. 2004). 
     By Katherine D. Trever

Tort Law – Liability of Landowners 
Immunity For Landowners Is Expanded Under A Reinterpretation of Michigan’s Recreational Land Use Act.  Neal v. Wilks, 685 N.W.2d 648 (Mich. 2004).
     By John T. Schuring

Tort Law – Medical Malpractice 
The Medical Malpractice Noneconomic Damages Cap Applies to a Wrongful Death Action Where the Underlying Claim is Medical Malpractice.  Jenkins v. Patel, 684 N.W.2d 346 (Mich. 2004).
     By Jason Dandy

Tort Law – Products Liability 
Under Michigan Law, the Fact That a Product Is a “Simple Tool” Does Not Shield the Manufacturer From Liability Under a Defective Design Theory.  Swix v. Daisy Manufacturing Co., Inc., 373 F.3d 678 (6th Cir. 2004).
     By Nicholas A. Kurk

Articles (Winter 2006)

When Abortion Was A Crime: A Historical Perspective 
     By Charles I. Lugosi

Too Many Riches? Dukes v. Wal-Mart and the Efficacy of Monolithic Class Actions
     By Rachel Tallon Pickens

Notes

Defining Constitutional Discrimination: An Analysis of Michigan’s Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage 
     By Carrie Lewand

Comments

The Fated Legal Birth Definition Act: Fought for the Sake of Fighting 
     By Erin Heller

Redefining “Statutory Maximum”: The Demise of Michigan’s Presumptive Indeterminate Sentencing Guidelines at the Hands of Blakely v. Washington 
     By Christopher M. Thompson

Articles (Spring 2006)

Cross-Burning, Holocaust Denial, and the Development of Hate Speech Law in the United States and Germany 
     By Robert A. Kahn

The Orthodoxy Opening Predicament: The Crumbling Wall of Separation Between Church and State
     By Amit Patel

Notes

Muddying the Waters: The Effects of the Cleveland Cliffs Decision and the Future of the MEPA Citizen Suit
    By Susan J. Mahoney

Comments

Charter Schools: Are For-Profit Companies Contracting for State Actor Status?
    By Bradley T. French

Comparative and Non-Comparative Forensic Linguistic Analysis Techniques: Methodologies for Negotiating the Interface of Linguistics and Evidentiary Jurisprudence in the American Judiciary
    By Blake Stephen Howald

Detroit’s Renaissance Zones: The Economics of Tax Incentives in Metropolitan Location Decisions, the Results of the Zones to Date, and Thoughts on the Future
     By John T. Schuring

Articles (Summer 2006)

Forum Non Conveniens: Another Look at Conditional Dismissals
     By Julius Jurianto

Opening the Door: A Proposal for Increased Educational Choice in Detroit 
     By Jason C. Seewer

Notes

The Good Faith Exception: “What is it Good For?” The Michigan Supreme Court Overturns Twenty Years of Precedent Holding it Was Worth “Absolutely Nothing!”
     By Aminie Woolworth

Comments

The Cart Before the Horse: Michigan Jumps the Gun in Jailing Deadbeat Dads
     By Jennifer Goulah

On Whose Conscience? Patient Rights Disappear Under Broad Protective Measures Conscientious Objectors in Heath Care 
     By Patricia L. Selby

Derivative Asylum Claims in the FGM Context: Protecting Family Unity and Women’s Rights in the New Millennium
     By Molly Stark

Articles (Summer 2006)

This volume is dedicated to our Symposium on Law and Religion and Colloquium: Religion and Immigration.

Symposium: Law and Religion

Religious Skepticism, Cambridge Platonism and Disestablishment 
     By Deniz Coskun

Firth Amongst Equals: The English State and the Anglican Church in the 21st Century?
     By Peter Cumper & Peter Edge

Nationalism, Patriotism and Religious Belief in Europe
     By Silvio Ferrari

The Rejection of Devine Law in American Jurisprudence: The Ten Commandments, Trivia, and the Stars and Stripes 
     By Charles I. Lugosi

Religious Education in Israel 
     By Asher Maoz

The Position of the Holy See and Vatican City State in International Relations 
     By Kurt Martens

Aiming for State Neutrality in Matters of Religion: The Hungarian Record
     By Renáta Uitz

The Possibilities of American Constitutional Law in a Fractured World: A Relational Approach to Legal Hermeneutics
     By Howard J. Vogel

Colloquium: Religion and Immigration

Strangers No Longer: Immigration Law and Policy in the Light of Religious Values 
     By Amelia J. Uelmen

Immigration and Evil: The Religious Challenge
     By Michael Scaperlanda

Emigration, Obligation, and Evil: A Response to Michael Scaperlanda’s Keynote Address
     By Stephen H. Legomsky

Hospitality: How a Biblical Virtue Could Transform United States Immigration Policy
     By Elizabeth McCormick & Patrick McCormick

Entertaining Angels Con Pasión 
     By Marta Vides Saade

The Religious Imagination, Empathy, and Hearing the “Other”: Judge John T. Noonan, Jr. and Immigration 
     By Kathryn A. Lee

Lobbying by Jewish Organizations Concerning Immigration: A Historical Study 
     By Michael J. Churgin

McElroy Lecture

Celebrating God, Constitutionality 
     by Cass R. Sustain